Bafana land in Pot 3 for Friday’s Afcon draw
This means the South Africans will be drawn in a group of four with two strong‚ higher-ranked teams
The seedings for Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) draw were approved by the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) executive committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday‚ with Bafana Bafana drawn in Pot 3. This means the South Africans — qualifying for their second Nations Cup out of three having reached Equatorial Guinea 2015‚ but bombed out of Gabon 2017 — will be drawn in a group of four with two strong‚ higher-ranked teams. The two top sides in each of the six groups qualify for the last-16 at Egypt 2019 in June and July‚ plus the four best runners-up. Friday night’s draw at the Pyramids in Cairo will divide the 24 finalists. It starts at 8pm (SA time).
SA Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan and Bafana team manager Barney Kujane will attend the draw. Coach Stuart Baxter did not travel despite there being a workshop in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday for all the 24 qualified coaches. SA were drawn with Uganda‚ Benin‚ Mauritania‚ Madagascar and K...
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